The Music Biz Weekly Podcast Interview with CD Baby President Brian Felsen

By Chris Robley
February 20, 2012{ 9 Comments }

brian felsen 300x252 The Music Biz Weekly Podcast Interview with CD Baby President Brian FelsenMichael Brandvold and Brian Thompson recently interviewed CD Baby’s president Brian Felsen for episode #46 of The Music Biz Weekly Podcast.

In this conversation they discuss Brian’s thoughts on music marketing and distribution, what it takes to get noticed as an independent musician in a crowded field, details about CD Baby’s recent sync licensing partnership with Rumblefish, and where CD Baby is headed in the next few years!

Oh, and thanks to Michael B. and Brian T. for their praise of this here blog!

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Take a listen to the full interview here:

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  • http://twitter.com/thornybleeder Brian Thompson

    Hey thanks so much for posting this you guys, I appreciate it. We had a fantastic chat with Brian. There’s some great info for indie artists to walk away with here…

    Enjoy!

    —Brian Thompson
    http://www.thornybleeder.com

  • http://members.cdbaby.com/ CD Baby

    Likewise. Good interviewing! Thanks. – Chris R. at CD Baby

  • http://twitter.com/toypianoband Twink

    Nice interview! I’ve been happy with CD Baby’s wide-reaching digital distribution, and am excited for the potential that sync licensing opens up for artists.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Bruce/1219334416 Ian Bruce

    love hostbaby. listbaby is fine.my bright son jon & i just started AUM * america’s united musicians, info on http://www.communitylvmc.org
    it’s good to see mr. felsen finally got a decent job. good interview

  • Angie Kopshy

    Really nice interview. Very interesting and revealing!

  • http://members.cdbaby.com/ CD Baby

    Pandora is pretty selective about what they allow in their playlists. It takes them a great deal of time for every song they map in their music genome project. So a mass delivery of content wouldn’t make sense for them.

  • http://members.cdbaby.com/ CD Baby

    Spotify is fairly flooded with content right now. But there may be a way we can check into its status. Email cdbaby@cdbaby.com

  • http://www.richardcmorgan.com/ Richard Morgan

    My album has finally turned up on Spotify – after nearly two years ! Bravo.
    Who should I thank ?

  • http://members.cdbaby.com/ CD Baby

    Glad it’s finally live!